News Items tag as: Garbage at shooting ranges

Kelowna's volunteer forest cleanup group getting nonprofit status
September 30, 2016 - 2:30 PM

KELOWNA – A group of shooting enthusiasts who volunteer their time to clean up backcountry target ranges is getting two big boosts to help their cause.
Disgusted Kelowna gun group organizing cleanup and enforcement of backwoods ranges
August 30, 2016 - 5:00 PM

KELOWNA – Residents of Kelowna, including a group of concerned gun enthusiasts, are taking it upon themselves to clean up backwoods shooting ranges that have been trashed.
Backcountry messes targeted by Kelowna shooters
August 29, 2016 - 8:00 PM

KELOWNA LIKELY ISN'T ALONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. WILL THIS SOLUTION SPREAD?
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Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same

Kamloops council to expand tax exemptions for new rental builds
Developers have more land to choose from if they want to cut costs on new rental buildings in Kamloops. The City is looking to expand a tax exemption program to span massive swaths of Kamloops in order to encourage development. Previously r

Kelowna's volunteer forest cleanup group getting nonprofit status